{"product_id":"a-chinese-reading-of-the-daodejing-wang-bis-commentary-on-the-laozi-with-critical-text-and-translation-9780791451816","title":"A Chinese Reading of the Daodejing: Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi with Critical Text and Translation","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rudolf G. Wagner\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Taoist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePresenting the commentary of the third-century sage Wang Bi, this book provides a Chinese way of reading the Daodejing, one which will surprise Western readers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of the brightest Chinese minds have used the form of the commentary to open the terse and poetic chapters of the Laozi to their readers and also to develop a philosophy of their own. None has been more sophisticated, philosophically probing, and influential in the endeavor than a young genius of the third century C.E., Wang Bi (226-249). In this book, Rudolf G. Wagner provides a full translation of the Laozi that extracts from Wang Bi's Commentary the manner in which he read the text, as well as a full translation of Wang Bi's Commentary and his essay on the \"subtle pointers\" of the Laozi. The result is a Chinese reading of the Laozi that will surprise and delight Western readers familiar with some of the many translations of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Chinese Reading of the Daodejing is part of Rudolf Wagner's trilogy on Wang Bi's philosophy and classical studies, which also includes The Craft of a Chinese Commentator: Wang Bi on the Laozi and Language, Ontology, and Political Philosophy in China: Wang Bi's Scholarly Exploration of the Dark (Xuanxue), both published by SUNY Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47589252169879,"sku":"9780791451816","price":10562.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780791451816.webp?v=1774968820","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-chinese-reading-of-the-daodejing-wang-bis-commentary-on-the-laozi-with-critical-text-and-translation-9780791451816","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}